support nearly a year after russians full scale invasion of ukraine. tennis top diplomat is expected in moscow, over fears that baiting might send lethal aid to support russia s war. then a massive 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits turkey, just two weeks after the devastating quake that left tens of thousands dead. so, it is just after eight in the morning, and in warsaw poland, where u.s. president, joe, biden is set to begin a two-day visit following a symbolic and highly secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be meeting with the polish president in warsaw castle, as he marks nearly one year since russia s invasion of ukraine. and that falls a surprise trip to kyiv, on monday. a unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significant u.s. military presence. think about. that air raid sirens, in, fact could be near kyiv as he arrived. mr. biden walked alongside mr. zelenskyy, outside st. michael scott pedro and some winter sunshine was a
the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
missile on sunday, which traveled more than 3500 miles above the earth, according to state media. prompting the sister of dictator kim jong-un to issued a statement saying that north korea now has, quote, satisfactory technology and capabilities for the re-entry of long range missiles back into earth s atmosphere. that was a capability that experts say the world was watching for. and there had been doubts about whether kim s ridging was able to perfected. regarding this new claim, could they really have perfected re-entry? there s some debate about that. but most experts excess that this is technology well within north korea s capabilities. and, any prudent defense planner has to assume that north korea has a reentry vehicle that could deliver a nuclear weapon to the united states. with the latest missile filing, kim jong-un has begun this year as aggressively as he ended last year, appeared when north korea launched more than 90 missiles. kim jong-un is trying to build up a ne
to issue a statement saying north korea now has, quote, satisfactory technology and capabilities for the re-entry of long-range missiles back into earth s atmosphere. that was a capability that experts say the world was watching for, and there had been doubts about whether kim s regime was able to perfect it. regarding this new claim, could they really have perfected re-entry? there s some debate about that, but most experts assess that this is technology well within north korea s capabilities. any prudent defense planner has to assume that north korea has a re-entry vehicle that can deliver a nuclear weapon to the united states. with these latest missile firings, kim jong un has begun this year as aggressively as he ended last year, a period when north korea launched more than 90 missiles. kim jong un is trying to build up a nuclear force on a par with not pakistan but with united kingdom or france. he s trying to change the future, and he s trying to telegraph to us right now.
about it. we ve had a president who in a single day tweeted iran is in big trouble. no, they re not in trouble because it wasn t intentional. yes, i m going to strike you. no, i m not going to strike you, all in 24 hours. and so if you re a deference planner in tehran, what are you supposed to conclude? are you supposed to think that the u.s. is really tough mr. trump is super tough or is he a softy because he backs down? we ve seen this as a pattern, tough talk, even tough actions followed by softness and sweetness and light. what i m conditionered about is miscalculation. a defense planner might conclude in tehran these guys don t mean anything they say. they say stuff all the time and don t do anything. what does iran do? something stupid and that leads to escalation and a conflict. that s what i m worried about. if you re going to hurt iran, squeeze iran so much economically that it has to act, right, its average citizens, we heard from fred pleitgen in tehran, are feeling the